Sonora plays catch up
THE BORDER REPORT With the finding of six bodies in a dirt lot yesterday afternoon, about twenty people have now been murdered along the Arizona-Sonora border since last Tuesday. The bodies were found...
View ArticleDedos Muertos?
THE BORDER REPORT This State Department cable out of Wikileaks caught my eye. 51 FBI informants and 10 DEA “liaison officers” were murdered in Mexico between 2007-09. When we talk about American law...
View ArticleNine Arrested in ICE Agent’s Killing, but Questions of Torture Persist
THE BORDER REPORT The Mexican Army arrested nine suspects in the murder of an American federal agent working in that country. Officials are calling the shooting a case of mistaken identity. The Obama...
View Article3 Accused of Trying to buy Stinger Missiles, Anti-Tank Weapons for Sinaloa...
TUCSON – Three people are accused of trying to buy anti-tank weapons in Arizona for a drug cartel in Mexico. Federal indictments were recently unsealed in Phoenix. Court documents show the three also...
View ArticleLos Numeros de Phoenix
THE BORDER REPORT No, no, not those numeros. I’m talking about the official numeros de secuestros and home invasion rip-offs in Phoenix. The statistics seem to have turned into a hen-pecking party with...
View ArticleMexico’s Hidden Drug War
THE BORDER REPORT The following story was produced for the Fronteras Desk, public radio, Arizona. Click here for the audio version. Long known as Arizona’s beach town, tourists and business owners in...
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